Jaffray Collection (Page 18)

John Jaffray was a bookbinder in Victorian London. He was interested in the history of his trade, particularly in union and welfare issues. Jaffray kept scrapbooks, probably compiled in and around the 1850s, which he filled with newspaper clippings, agendas of union meetings and ephemera including trade cards and advertisements.

27. Printed single sheet (fold-out).Address of the Journeymen Bookbinders of London & Westminster to the Friends… of the British and Foreign Bible Society, May 6, 1834.

28. Printed single sheet.To the Bookbinders. Members of the Lodge. Signed the Central Committee, Sun, Long-Millgate, Manchester, dated May 28, 1836.

29. Printed single sheet.To the officers and members of the Parent Society of Bookbinders, LondonLetter from John Dickson, chief secretary of the committee, dated Sun, Long Mill-gate, December 2, 1836.

30. Printed single sheet.To the officers and members of the Parent Society of Bookbinders, London from the Central Committee, Manchester.

31. Printed pamphlet.Report of the Committee of the Journeymen Bookbinders' Society on the present depressed state of the trade, Liverpool, 1838

32. Printed single sheet.Society of Bookbinders. General meeting announced by General Committee. Notice dated April 5, 1838

34. Printed pamphlet.The Book-Binding Trade. Proceedings at a meeting of the Booksellers and Publishers of London and Westminster, held at the London Coffee-House, Friday, January 18, 1839, London, 1839.

38. 2 printed sheets (fold-outs).Heading 'British and Foreign Bible Society'. Address of the Journeymen Bookbinders of London and Westminster to the Religious Public. Includes replies.

39. 2 printed sheets (fold-outs).Heading 'British and Foreign Bible Society'. Second Address of the Journeymen Bookbinders of London and Westminster to the Religious Public.

40. Single sheet.British and Foreign Bible Society. Statement of the Journeyman Bookbinders. To the Public Press.

41. 2 sheets.Statement by T J Dunning regarding wages and prices in connection with the British and Foreign Bible Society.

42. Pamphlet.Adam Thomson, Charges against the British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1843.

43. 3 Newspaper clippings.a) Cheap copies of the Holy Scriptures taken from the Sunday Schools Teachers Magazine, Dec[?], 142.b-c) article 'The London Journeymen Bookbinders and the British and Foreign Bible Society'.

47.a) Printed sheet, fold-out, 'Circular relative to the "Address of the Journeymen Bookbinders of London and Westminster to the Religious Public".b-c) newspaper clipping, correspondence relating to the above.

48.a) Newspaper clipping, entitled 'Cheapest Bible Depository. Notice of Removal' relating to the Scottish Board for Bible circulation.b) Newspaper clipping dated March 15, 1843, 'To the subscribers and friends of the British and Foreign Bible Society'.c) Clipping headed 'Cheap Bible Depository' relating to J Snow's depository and charges.d) Printed sheet dated March 15, 1843, 'to the Subscribers and Friends of the British and Foreign Bible Society' from the Master Bookbinders.

49. 2 printed sheets, 'Abuses of the Bible Societies and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge' signed Amicus, May 24 1843.

51. 2 printed pages from 'Free-Thinkers' Information For the People and Journal of Free Discussion', vol ii, no 4, pp. 49-52.Article, incomplete, 'The Salvation of Souls by the Starvation of Bodies; or the British and Foreign Bible-Mongers, and the Bookbinders of London.'

60. Mainly clippings.a) Account of testimony for Daniel Ross, secretary of Edinburgh Bookbinders Benefit Society.b) Verse by 'Whif' titled 'Irish Binding'.c) Clipping re collection of title pages in BM.d) Paragraph on binding annuals.e) Hanwell Station Great Western Railway timetable to Paddington, 1847.f) Advert for John Neilson, bookbinder.g) Advert for John Lamont, bookbinding and stationery.h) Article 'Amusement in retirement', Teaching by Mr Mackie, who taught Queen Charlotte and the princesses.i) Clipping defining 'Brocheuse'.

61. Newspaper clippings.a) Clipping on the benefit of books.b) 'The Bookbinder and the Poet'.c-d) 2 clippings re bookbinders aiding the distress in Paisley.e) Poem by John Critchley Prince, 'The Pen and the Press'.f) 'Mr Sotheby ... died on Tuesday'.g) 'The produce of the French press...'h) 'Punch's Review. The Simnel plum-cake, Bury.'i) EXTREMELY FRAGILE. 2 fragments of papyrus from a book in the BM, according to pencil ms notes.

69. 4 Newspaper clippings.a-c) Caxton's House in the Almonry'.d) 'Lamentable ignorance concerning Old and New Testaments.'d) 'Sumptuous Entertainment'.f) Joke from Punch re binding made of iron.

70. 4 newspaper clippings.a-d) on 18c wages and prices.

71. 7 newspaper clippings.a) 'Libraries and Effects of Poets'.b) 'Copyright' from Britannia, March 11.c) "Printers. No trade (says the Portland Tribune)...."d) Notice of the funeral of Hannah, wife of Thomas W. Faulkner, taken from the New York ?, Friday Sept 18, 1846.e) "William Eagles... a bookbinder... assaulted Mr Bannche."f) Number of typographical letters in the Times.g) 'Missionary Printers'.

72. 3 newspaper clippings.a) 'Advice on Choosing a Wife'.b) Relating to James VI and printing.c) Physical fitness of bookbinders and printers.

74. 5 newspaper clippings, recto and verso.a-b) 'Death of Dr Southey'.c) Extract from the Times, April 1846 "A dung...."d) Apology from Thos. Davies to the Master Paperstainers.e) Short book review of Tuckett's 'Specimens of Ancient and Modern binding...BM'.

75. Single printed sheetPublisher's advert for of Tuckett's book 'Specimens...'

76. Single printed sheet.Same as 75, but in a slightly different format.

85. 5 newspaper clippings.a) 'The binding of a book should always suit its complexion...'b) Account from the 'Builder' March 11 of an exhibition of book-finishers designs at the Plough Tavern, Museum Street.c) 'Settlement in Icarie'.d) Account of the Society of Bookbinders, 'Literary Gazette' March 18th.e) ' Bookbinders Exhibition' review by James Thomson.

88. 6 newspaper clippings.a) 'Beato Angelo, and a host of great artists, decorated books...'b) Description of binding on 'Drawing Room Scrap-Book'.c) 'School of Arts' dated in ink ms Dec 1850.d) Account of state prosecutions.e) Bookbinder's shops in Cabul.f) 'The Story of the Exhibition Catalogue'.g) 'Exhibition by Bookbinders Finishers Association' from the Builder 27 July 1850.

8. Printed pamphlet, Suggested plan for an union of the whole trade of bookbinders in Great Britain and Ireland and for the consolidation of the London society, proposed in September and October, 1839 by the Committee appointed by the Journeymen Bookbinders' Trade Society of London and Westminster.

9. Printed pamphlet, pp2-8, A plan for an union of the whole trade of bookbinders agreed to by the members of the London Society.

10. i. Printed pamphlet, pp2-18, Rules and regulations of the Consolidated Union of the whole trade of Journeymen Bookbinders in Great Britain and Ireland, together with the articles of the London Consolidated Branch, London, 1840.ii. Including Map of routes and stations of the Bookbinders' Consolidated Union, 1840iii. and the First report of the Bookbinders' Consolidated Union, dated Dec 15 1840.

11. Fold out sheet, Income and expenditure, from July 20 to October 20 1840.

12. Printed fold out sheet, To the lodges of the consolidated Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Dec 3, 1840.

13. i.Printed fold out sheet, Second report of the Bookbinders consolidated Union, January 29, 1841.ii. Balance sheet of the old union.iii. Income and expenditure up to 20 Jan 1841.

14. Fold out map of routes and stations of the Bookbinders' Consolidated Union, 1840.

15. Printed pamphlet, 12 pp, Rules and regulations of the new society and notification of meeting on June 13 1850 to consider new articles.

17.i. Printed pamphlet, 4 sheets, Society of Journeymen Bookbinders of London and its vicinity, Report on the payments to the trade committee of the arrears of the levies for the support of the struggle in the year 1839, London, 1847.ii. Fold out table of particulars.

18. Printed pamphlet, 32pp., London Consolidated Lodge of Journeymen Bookbinders, Reply of the secretary to the report and table of a committee appointed May 18, 1847, London, 1848.